Fastener



Jan. 10, 1928.

F. S. CARR FASTENER Filed July 22, 1925 "i ll LII application. filed July 22, 195 35.

is a section on the line 2----2 of 3] is a section on the same line as F but showing; the maximum expansion at the pal ot the socket;

l; is a section on the line l -t ol ll i id being omitted;

5 a plan View ol the stud-engaging part ol the soclcet; and

Fi ('3 a sine elm ation of the socket part il u 'ated in hip. t.

the drawings ihustrate a stud and. socket tliastener peculiarly, though not exclusively,

' ted tor use on clothing; and the lik 1 in laundered by Washing; i'nachin'ery. l

l he iasiener is rugged and relatively thin tion and theretore is very Well adaptco to Withstand the abuse of the laundry machinery.

ii l'ilQlEGl includes a stud member 1. rind by a :tlexible carrying medium 2 and. a sachet having a studengaginp; body part or casing 3 formed in substantially the same manner as shown and described in my copendino; application tlerial l lo. 5,265, filed herewith.

Iln this ll'lSiJzlllCQ, the socket casing part is secured. to a flexible sochehcarrying medium t by a plurality oil attaching prongs which a. cap or attaching inen'iber 6 C0121- p: as: my iiwentioi'i. The cap presents a central domed portion (3 siurroui'uled by an annular pronperei-eiring: and pinup-settling portion 7, pt ierally curved in cross-section. and proridml with slits e which permit er;- pansion and contraction therco'l tor purposes he iei naii'ler described.

'lhe attaching prong: extend tliroin the outer l'll'll of the stud-engaging part 3 and pa s through the carrying medium t, where they are bent outwardly and dowi'iwardly by the pron getting portion 7 ot the cap 6, lollow the general contour of race oi? the prong-setting portion i, as heat ill ated in llig. 2, thereby securing both the cap it and the body part 3 oil th soelret to opposite sides ol the soclret .np; inediuin sh in l ll'JIENER.

tlcrial No. 145,266.

When the head ll ol: the stud. l enters the sliniaciniyinp apertine ll of the socket and a the tori ed Wall 10 surrounding the l), as illustrated in Fig. 8, the cas- 8 and prongs 5 spread laterally to periait the heac 8 of the stud to pass through the aperture 9. This spreading of the prongs could not readily take place it the pron -receiving portion of the cap Were not resilient to permit expansion thereof, as illustrated in llig'. 3. Thus it Will be seen 5 the casing; 23 and prongs 5 spread lat orally a-While during engagement and dis can; geii'iez'it with the stud.

lly use of the above described means of attacli'inent, it will be noted that the grip on the socket-carrying medium is between the aiunilar depressed portion ll. of the cap and the upper edge oi? the outer peripheral wall 12 (Fig. 4t) ot the stud-engaging part 3, rather than betwen the prong-receiving part and the Wall 12, as illustrated in the drawings oi? the above-mentioned co-pendapplication filed herewith. This method "pping the carrying; medium permits the resilient prong-receiving portion 015 the cap to expand and contract more easily than it the cloth were gripped as above referred to.

The claims in this application do not contlict with the broad claims of the above-mentioned copending application, but are conl'ined to covering broadly and specifically the resilient attaching plate in its Various com l'iinations and also separately. None of the other applications tiled by applicant on the same date as this application discloses structure which would support the claims of this application and therefore they do not conliict w th applieants other applications.

llfhile il have shown. and descril'ied a pie il'ei'red enilmdilnent o'li my ii'it'ontioil, it will he understood that l have done so for clarification rather than limitatiim, my lllfVlllltlUl] beiiui best defined in the appended claims.

l. A separable fastener socket including a resilient studengaginp; part and an at taehina plate secured to opposite sides of a support, a plurality ot prongs extending troin said studm ginp; part through the support and engaged llil) l ll said attaching plate to permit said prongs to yield with said stud-engaging part during engagement and disengagement with a stud.

An attaching part for a separable jt'astener element including resilient clenching means for receiving and upsetting attaching means presented by the fastener elei'nent, said clenching means being contractible and expaneible laterally to permit expansion and contraction of suitable attaching means of a fastener part which may be secured to a suitable carrying medium by said attaching part.

3. A separable"fastener element having a plurality of attaching prongs for securing said eleinentto a support said prongs being yieldable laterally with said fastened element, and a prong-receiving part located at the opposite side of a fastener-carrying support, said prong-receiving partpresenting resilient prong-deflecting means expansible and contractible with said prongs during expansion and contraction of said tastener element.

4, A separable fastener socket secured to a flexible socket-carrying medium by a plurality of attaching prongs and an attaching cap slit to provide resilient prong-deflecting means expansible and contractible to permit generally lateral shifting of said prongs relative to said cap while maintaining said socket in assembled relation with the carrying medium.

5. A separable fastener socket having a one-piece ringlike body part presenting a stud-receiving aperture and split to permit enlargement of said aperture for engagement of said body part with a stud, a plurality of attaching prongs presented by said body part and an attaching plate presentinn resilient prong-receiriin noriions lor cooperation with said prongs to secure said body part to a support. said resilient por tions and said prongs being yicldable with said l'litl'dllit part during enlargi cmcnt of said aperture.

(3. A separable t'astcner socket including a one-piece resilient stnda'ecciving bod part, a one-piece prong-rccei\ing cap part presenting generally curved resilient prongreceiving portions and a plurality o't attaching prongs presented by said stud-rcceiving part for securing said parts to opposite side of a sm'het-carryino; medium, raid resilient prong-receiving portions being ex pansible and contrnctiblc to permit lateral movement of said prongs during engagement ot a stud with'said studnccciring part. i. A separable fastener member comprismg an expansible and contrzn-tiblc noclrct part, a socket-attaching part and means securing said parts to opposite sides oi' a car- :w'ing medium, said socltet-attaching part having a portion adapted to expand and contract with the socket part when said socket part is engaged with or disengaged trom a stud. i

8. A separable fastener comprising an expansiblc and contractible snap testener pal-l, an attaching part prcsentiin; a resilient poi tion and means for securing said parts to opposite sides of a carrying medium, said attaching means, resilient portion ot' sail attaching part a rd said snap fastener part being expansible a d contria-tible together to permit engagement with and lisen;,m; gcment from a cooperating snap i'astencr part. In testimony whereot, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED S. (lAltll. 

